EXETER: St James Church Hall

Saturday 10th February, 2018

7:30pm

Event information

Luke Jackson and Andy Sharps 2018

Luke is a Singer/Songwriter from Canterbury, Kent, who in 2013 was nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for both the Horizon Award for Best Emerging Talent and The Young Folk Category. With a bold, distinctive voice and a sweet, percussive guitar style, Luke is a confident and captivating live performer. He was also winner of Fatea’s “Male Artist of the Year 2014” and again in 2016.

He regularly tours across Europe playing in France, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany and in 2016 made his first visit to the USA to play at the International Folk Alliance conference in Kansas, and then returned again in 2017 due to popular demand, and at the beginning of 2018 he undertakes his 4th series of joint headline shows with Grammy Award winner Amy Wadge.

November 2016 saw the release of Luke’s 3rd full studio album, “Tall Tales and Rumours” to universal critical acclaim, which Maverick, in a 5 star review, described as “a brilliant, thoughtful album – Jackson shows talent beyond his years”. Whilst Acoustic Magazine noted “Jackson has been compared to a young Richard Thompson and for once these are not empty words”.

In February 2018 he will be releasing his first live album, featuring his 3 different guises, as a solo artist, with his trio and as a duo with Andy Sharps, with whom he’ll be playing this show. Their luscious harmonies and Andy’s rhythmic underpinning of Luke’s songs creates a very special magic that makes every show unique.

http://lukepauljackson.com/

What They Say:

Reminds me of Jeff Buckley, which can only be a good thing – Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 2

Every so often a new voice emerges, one so stunning that it knocks you sideways. Jackson has been compared to a young Richard Thompson and for once these are not empty words - Acoustic Magazine

Two words, bloody brilliant – Maverick 5 star review
Luke has already acquired both an unmistakable voice and a strikingly individual vision – fRoots Magazine

It comes as no surprise that Luke Jackson is continually feted as one of the British folk scene’s bright young things – R2 Magazine

One of the great voices of the new youngsters on the folk scene – and a terrific songwriter too – Mike Harding

He has a stage presence that many artists would kill for and a voice and guitar style that make you think that he’s a sixty year veteran who happens to have discovered the fountain of eternal youth – Fatea Magazine

If you think previous comparisons to Richard Thompson jump the gun, think again; because there’s something that sets this performance a discreet cut above the rest – Edinburgh Fringe Festival Review

Very powerful-impressive songs, individual playing and the singing-oh man the singing! – Folkcast

A sumptuous voice loaded with maturity and a melodically blessed guitar style – Spiral Earth

Luke Jackson sings with an extraordinarily rich voice and possesses a guitar technique astonishing for one so young. I first heard him sing four years ago and even then his songwriting suggested a performer of rare promise” – Steve Knightley, Show of Hands

Luke Jackson has an incredibly mature and expressive voice that can holler the blues or give sensitive treatment to his own more personal tales – R2 magazine

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